Lent returned to London in 1862 determined to continue with the freak show. When Julia Pastrana died at the young age of 26, she was known as the "world's ugliest woman." Having spent almost her entire life being exhibited, with her death, it almost seemed like she could finally rest in peace. Comisin para la Celebracin del Bicentenario de la Independencia y Centenario de la Revolucin. "An Artist Finds a Dignified Ending for an Ugly Story", "Behold! LongTimeMother from Australia on May 04, 2014: Nell, it would have been nice had she been buried with her child, but it sounds like that didn't happen. But she had dignity. Even after death. Much of the interest in Pastrana stems from what happened after her death. Later that year, a tour of Sweden drew considerable public opposition, leading to the bodies being withdrawn from public view. I just noticed some commented two years ago that an effort was being made to bring her to Mexico for burial. Poor lady and her child. Doesn't make sense, it should be against the law to treat people that way to make a profit cause they are different. I feel we still have much to learn from Julia Pastrana, Barbata affirmed. In the mid-1850s, she set off to travel and perform across the United States and Europe. Why they married we dont know for sure. I've heard of this woman and of other people with the same sad disorder. So glad I discovered it ans I find stories with mysterious elements like this one fascinating. Those who ran sideshows often didnt take the time to listen and record the backstories of their performers. In 1860, after giving a birth to a baby boy, Julia and her son both died. His reaction was ultimately one of wonder and he saw Pastrana as simply wonderful. By suppressing the truth of Julia Pastranas story, showmen could peddle the claim that she was the product of an unholy union between man and beast. It is awful to think of her mummified corpse still doing the rounds as 'entertainment' during WW2, a human being deserves more dignity than this, even if she was unique in the way she looked. Marie Bartel, billed as the younger sister of Julia Pastrana. Wellcome ImagesMarie Bartel, billed as the younger sister of Julia Pastrana. I wonder if the baby died naturally. Shame that greed played such an important part of her life, she didn't deserve to be treated that way. And of course Lent took this as permission to treat her like it, I would say that I am glad this doesn't happen any more but of course it does. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 09, 2012: Hi femme, good morning! Is the Destruction of Armenian Heritage Not Important Enough for the Getty? Lent sold her corpse and her baby son, to a professor of Moscow University. All Julia could think of was, please be healthy and not have a personality like your father. Cover of The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home (courtesy Lucia|Marquand). Read one of your commenters said she was finally laid to rest in a glass coffin. A more likely origin story, however, is the one shared by the villagers of Ocoroni in Sinaloa Mexico. His diagnosis followed a racist tradition of linking darker-skinned people with animals. In this version, so the story goes, a group of Mexican herders then found Pastrana in a mountain cave hiding with her mother. You are an excellent writer Nell. sounds fascinating. It was not until 2013 that she was finally laid to rest in her birthplace of Mexico with a proper burial. Thanks for sharing her story and giving her the honor she deserved! Some people might act politely as they have been "trained" to do so, but atrocities such as the treatment of this woman and her child are as much prevalent today as they ever were. There has been a theory about mental illness, marital problems, and financial difficulties, but nothing has been confirmed. Julia Pastrana (August 1834 25 March 1860) was a performer and singer during the 19th century who had hypertrichosis. To the public eye, she did have a very strange appearance. This hub does a good job in teaching us how to treat other people. By Charles Wilson Feb. 11, 2013 Her own husband called her a "bear woman." An 1854 advertisement in The New York Times said she was the "link between mankind and the ourang-outang." She became. My nephew is a midget and he has been made fun of his whole life but he has a heart of gold, just sweet, takes it in stride. There are various stories about her early life, and little is known for certain, but some accounts . She then became part of theSchreiner Collection in the University of Oslos anatomy department. I voted up for sure. And then where would that leave him? thanks so much for reading, and you take care too! Nineteenth-century audiences recoiled at the sight of Julia Pastrana, the sideshow performer better known as the Ape Woman. One theater critic called her a semi-human being while another referred to her as a Baboon Woman.. In 1857 Pastrana and Lentfreak and showman, wife and husbandwere in London, with Pastrana billed as Miss Julia Pastrana, the Nondescript, known throughout the United States and Canada as the BEAR WOMAN and Baboon Lady. While the mysteries of Pastranas formative years leave the historians grappling for the truth, these very same mysteries were a deliberate part of her presentation as a freak. As usual anyone who is different is seen as freakish. It took all those years for that poor woman to have a decent burial, but the baby could not. One day and I hope very soon, she will be buried with dignity, and a statue will be erected to show us all, this woman of courage. Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful, and radical thinking about art in the world today. But it appears that Lent was attracted to bearded ladies. She was so incredibly tolerant and embraced a tough situation admirably. The Restless Corpse of Julia Pastrana. Linda Kasabian, who took part in the two days of mayhem in 1969 that left seven people dead, ended up flipping on the cult leader. Pastrana's husband arranged to have her body and . Julia Pastrana Online presents historical documents (newspaper advertisements, marriage records, pamphlets, etc.) For example, its claimed Julia said Lent Loves me for my own sake. The bill at her early shows claimed that her people resembled apes and lived in caves, and Pastrana was only brought to the sideshow when a woman named Mrs. Espinosa who was captured and held hostage by Pastranas tribe escaped, and took Julia Pastrana with her. She was cruelly labelled the Baboon Lady, The Marvellous Hybrid or Bear Woman. Lent came in. Also, Lent knew Pastrana was a money-maker, so to avoid her changing showmen what better way to keep her than by marrying her? Tragic saga continues Julia tragic saga continued even after her death. yes I believe that Julia should have a proper burial with a statue above it to show the world how wonderful she was, thanks so much for reading, and I am glad you liked it, cheers nell, You have provided the spice in my coffee this morning. Why could she not be buried and a statue made of her. Michelle Liew from Singapore on February 13, 2013: Glad that she's come home, Nell. Then in 1990, Julia was eventually found in the basement of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, in Oslo, Norway. its half eleven here in good old England! I know I have been loved for myself." Unfortunately, she was dehumanized in death as she was in life. Lentseems to have considered her a model freak, a house-trained monster that behaved well in front of audiences, writes Jan Bondeson in a book essay. Much of Pastranas life is still shrouded in mystery. One of the best beards in history was grown by a woman named Julia Pastrana. To defend the rights of all people is ourresponsibility. Today we find the behavior of Julia's promoters deplorable, whereas in years past, exploitation was perfectly acceptable for many. Pastranawas described as sociable and polite, and, besides being undoubtedly the greatest living curiosity, she is a lady in every respect., The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age. Certainly, though, in light of his later actions, it is hard to conclude that it was affection. Cathleen J Wyatt from Reno, NV on May 18, 2012: 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Nell Rose (author) from England on October 14, 2016: Thanks for reading margie, yes she was one heck of a lady wasn't she? When 23-year-old Pastrana was exhibited at the Queens Hall in London in 1857, the Liverpool Mercury newspaper described her as one of the most extraordinary beings ever presented to the public. The press also promised that a visit to the exhibition must afford ample scope for philosophical speculation and reflection. She went through a lot. By this time she was being 'shown' by a Mr Theodore Lent who became, in a sense her manager, helping her with her dancing and singing on stage. So glad she attained a fitting resting place. Nell Rose (author) from England on May 06, 2014: Hi Wiccan, thanks so much for reading, yes even though she was regarded as the ugliest woman in the world she still held her head high even though her husband treated her appallingly, its taken all these years for her and the baby to be buried! They looked nothing like the pictures displayed outside their cubicles. According to spectators and those who knew her, Pastrana was an intelligent Indigenous Mexican woman whose life was shaped by brutal racism and cruelty. At the Regent Gallery Pastrana could be seen three times a day, for the price of 3 shillings from the stalls, 2 shillings from the area and 1 shilling from the gallery. Wikimedia CommonsJulia Pastrana was billed as The Ape Woman and drew crowds all over the United States and Europe. After both their bodies were desecrated following display in a midcentury chamber of horrors, the remains of Pastranas son were lost. Pastrana was subsequently taken to a local orphanage and eventually adopted by Seor Snchez, the governor for the state of Sinaloa in Mexico, who kept her as his maid. This is where those two accounts of her origin story converge. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). What she had experienced is appalling. Keep our minds opened to things few people talk about and even fewer know about, Nell. I remember as a child visiting the travelling side shows at the carnivals and hearing the barkers call out "See the bearded lady" and their recruiting for other similar attractions. Julia Pastrana was exhibited during her lifetime, and for quite some time after her death. - "What happened to the body of Julia Pastrana (1834-1860)? Hi The Annoying Life, love the name! He renamed her Zenora Pastrana, luring in audiences with the claim that she was Julias younger sister. Sheila from Surprise Arizona - formerly resided in Washington State on September 01, 2012: Wow - what a fascinating story I could not stop reading. Charles Darwin was also fascinated by Pastrana, describing her as a remarkably fine woman, with a thick masculine beard and a hairy forehead. She was said to be a skilled performer, who could dance, sing, act and speak multiple languages. The bestiality was enhanced by the very association of the term Root-Digger, which signaled, to the white Victorian mind, dirty, lazy, bloodthirsty and animalistic sexual savages. A top police boss sent a scathing email to officers after their state force became embroiled in a series of 'drink-driving, drug use, family violence and sexual and predatory behaviour' incidents. Wellcome Library, LondonAn ad for Julia Pastranas show. She appeared again in Hitlers Germany where she was put on display in the occupied territories. An excellent hub Nell, well written and thought provoking. Because of that, it was exposed as an attraction in various shows. You always find the most interesting people to write about. Munby, however, actively pondered Darwinian thinking he bought into the idea that Julia could, perhaps, be the product of an unholy union between ape and man. how I wish! In the fifties and sixties, the mummies were displayed, mainly as a curiosity. its 4.20 in the afternoon here, with grey clouds and rain! Marco Ferreri's film The Ape Woman (1964) is based on Pastrana's life story. Killer sweating sickness that terrified a King. The embalmed body of Julia Pastrana on display. The newspapers of the day said she was hideous, but in her favor she had a very nice singing voice. This lasted for more than 10 years, Dr Woolfe said. Nell Rose (author) from England on June 25, 2012: Hi floriferous, I remember that on tv too, the bullying starts at school and spills over to adult life, even now, over a hundred years later, its still the same, will we never learn? Anyway, he responded to the living and dead Pastrana with a sense of disgust he was titillated but also disgusted by the embalmed Pastrana. It's an interesting story, by the way. After the death of his wife and child, he sold the bodies for 500 and they were sent for embalming at Moscow University with a view to their preservation in the Universitys Anatomical Museum. Nell Rose (author) from England on August 15, 2012: Hi jainismus, thanks so much for reading, nell. Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Month. [2] Hundreds of people attended her Catholic funeral, and her remains were buried in a cemetery in Sinaloa de Leyva, a town near her birthplace. Lent just saw the cash flow, as simple as that, and when the baby came it was more cash, but sadly for Julia and just deserts for him it didn't happen that way. Freak shows have been common for many centuries. After her 1857 London exhibition Lent and Pastrana travelled across Europe. The only parts of her body not covered in hair was the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet. The two would exhibit Julia's preserved corpse for over a decade, before Lent allegedly went insane and died in 1885, but even this is not the end of poor Julia's story. National Library of MedicineA photograph of Julia Pastrana. His name was Arthur Munby, seemingly a respectable upper-middle-class gentleman: a graduate of the University of Cambridge, a civil servant in the Ecclesiastical Commission from 1858 and an occasional poet. Levertis Steele from Southern Clime on May 04, 2014: Oh, how sad. And, at times, it reads like a gothic horror story.. log in. After promising her father that he would never display Marie, Lent soon had his new wife billed as the sister of Julia Pastrana, under the name Miss Zenora Pastrana. One artist said the Mauritshuis Museums decision to displayA Girl With a Pearl Earring made using Midjourney highly unethical.. What an extraordinary lady you've introduced us to. Wonderful story shows how debase people are and cruel. Deborah Brooks Langford from Brownsville,TX on August 15, 2012: Nell this is the most interesting hub.. Culiacn. It was a ten-year effort to repatriate Pastrana, with Barbata writing letters tothe National Research Ethics Committee for the Social Sciences and Humanities, the National Committee for Ethical Evaluation of Research on Human Remains of Norway, the Governor of Sinaloa in Mexico, the Foreign Affairs Department of Mexico, the University of Oslo, journalists, artists, and anthropologists. Hi epi, yes so true, people always go by whats on the outside not on the in, its such a shame that Julia Pastrana had to go through this. thanks so much, and warm wishes to you back! thanks for reading. [19] In February 2013, with the help of Sinaloa state governor Mario Lpez Valdez, New York-based visual artist Laura Anderson Barbata, Norwegian authorities, and others, the body was turned over to the government of Sinaloa and her burial was planned. Maybe our compassion and moral sense now realize that not only was she a unique woman, but with her quiet dignity and poise, and our disgust at our own human nature, makes us ignore her, and shut the door on our shame. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 10, 2012: Hi Teresa, thanks so much for reading, yes Julia Pastrana was a very unique person, and I hope one of these days that she will have a statue or some sort of commemorative piece to honor her, thanks so much, nell. I admire her courage to stand in front of a crowd and sing perhaps knowing that she would be ridiculed by others, but what could she do. Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022) is screening in New York this month to benefit earthquake relief in Syria. In 1860, Pastrana fell pregnant, giving birth to a baby boy who only lived for two days. He was covered in hair. The things that money makes one do. He named her Zenora Pastrana. Nell Rose (author) from England on June 13, 2012: Hi shara, that is so true, thank you so much, I am glad you liked it, cheers nell. Lent sold their corpses to a professor at Moscow University who promised to embalm them, and then he took the preserved bodies of Julia Pastrana and their dad son on tour. women all over the world are being treated appallingly even today, and yes back then those shows were the only thing that would give them a job and pay, thanks for reading, nell, Hi cfin, yes that's so true, it all depends on which country she would have been born in I suppose, and as you say behind our so called modern values we may never learn these lessons, thanks for reading, nell, Hi LongTime, yes the whole thing was awful wasn't it? He was intimate with her and they produced a child. I know you wrote this 2 years ago.. and wow.. that is amazing I love this hub, Thanks Integrity, yes she went through a lot, it was a nightmare, glad you liked it and thanks for reading again, nell. Used with the permission of the publisher, Pegasus Books. A musical Pastrana by Australian writers Allan McFadden and Peter Northwood was performed by Melbourne's Church Theatre in 1989. For over a hundred years, the bodies of Pastrana and her son were displayed around the world in museums, circuses and amusement parks. In programs I have watched , people didn't feel like they were being used, they felt 'special'. thankyou for sharing this wonderful story of facts! What cemented the marriage? Her body was taxidermically preserved. But he harbored a secret life: a sadomasochistic marriage to his working-class servant Hannah Cullwick from 1873, and an obsessive lust for working-class women. Im always wary of making generalised statements about exploitation in the freak show, he said. For example, in the 17th century, Jacob Bontius blamed Indigenous Indian women for the existence of orangutans, claiming that they mixed with apes and monkeys with detestable sensuality., Charles Darwin, for his part, described her as a remarkably fine woman albeit with a thick masculine beard and a hairy forehead. A zoologist named Francis Buckland, who examined Pastrana in 1857, largely agreed. The most popular story is that she was found living in a cave with her mother and was taken to an orphanage where she was adopted by the governor of the state of Sinaloa who used her as his maid. Many freak performers faced lives of destitution or dependency but, in the freak show, they were often celebrated performers who made comfortable livings. Thanks to the efforts of Sinaloa state governor Mario Lpez Valdez, New York-based visual artist Laura Anderson Barbata, and Norwegian authorities, Julia Pastrana was finally repatriated and laid to rest in a town near the place she was said to have been born in Sinaloa. Thanks for sharing. [4][5], According to Ireneo Paz, Francisco Seplveda, a customs official in Mazatln, purchased Pastrana and brought her to the United States. What many people don't realise is that at the time of Slavery, the Turks came over to England, Wales and Ireland and took many of us Brits as slaves, they were treated appallingly, but for some reason history has decided to wipe the truth clean, and of course it still happens today in some of those countries, maybe one day we will learn to treat each other with respect, thanks so much for reading Juliet, glad you liked it, nell. Billed as the missing link between apes and man, Julia Pastrana was checked out by several physicians who produced certificates which were displayed wherever Pastrana went on tour stating that she was not really a woman at all, but rather a new species of half-human, half-ape hybrid. As for Lent, is he any different than, let's say Max Clifford? Complications during birth left her weak and drained. This was a disaster. By this time she had received many marriage proposals, and when asked why she had never married, she replied that they were not rich enough! Nell Rose (author) from England on April 22, 2017: Thanks so much Lauren, glad you liked it. Julia Pastrana. When he met with Pastrana, he said she seemed like a monster to the whole world, an abnormality put on display for money like a trained animal., The gawkers, physicians, and spectators left Pastrana feeling very alone. thanks as always, nell, Hi Peg, yes my mum used to say about the bearded ladies etc, I never saw them, and of course we never thought of how cruel it was at that time, thanks so much for reading, nell, Hi Levertis, yes it was such a sad story, if only she had been born today, it would have been so different, I hope. Bartra, Roger. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born in 1834, somewhere in the state of Sinaloa. Friends and family members of Julia Murray said that she was a loving mother who adored her children. sujeet baro from Guwahati, India on September 02, 2012: nice one as a youngster from india i love to read about this one of such kind a hidden jems of ancient world mystry. Wikimedia CommonsThe embalmed body of Julia Pastrana on display. On March 20th 1860, Julia gave birth to a baby boy. After the adulation in London, Julia began a tour In Berlin Germany, which both changed her appearances from a Freak show to Stage actress. As for Lent, Pastrana would not be his last bearded wife; in the 1860s he married Marie Bartel, a bearded lady from Germany. I'm glad they finally laid Julia to rest. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born with genetic condition hypertrichosis terminalis which meant her face and much of her body was covered with black hair. Not many people believed that these mummies could possibly be real. This was soooooo well written, and from an outstanding perspective. The baby was torn to pieces. [13] Francis Buckland stated that she was "only a deformed Mexican Indian woman". The prodigious Julia Pastrana was known by many monikers during her life and perhaps just as many names in death.Both her life and her death are rather. rase una vez en Mazatln. 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